Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
|
Your cart is empty |
|||
Showing 1 - 7 of 7 matches in All Departments
The evolution of New York nightlife from the Gay Nineties through
the Jazz Age was, as Lewis A. Erenberg shows, both symbol and
catalyst of America's transition out of the Victorian period.
Cabaret culture led the way to new styles of behavior and
consumption, dissolving conventional barriers between classes,
races, the sexes--even between life and art. A fabulous era of
chorus girls, jazz players, lobster palaces, and hip flasks--the
age of Sophie Tucker, Irene and Vernon Castle, and Gilda
Gray--tangos through the pages of this ground-breaking, as well as
entertaining, cultural history.
The 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, staged in the young nation of Zaire and dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle, was arguably the biggest sporting event of the twentieth century. The bout between an ascendant undefeated champ and an outspoken master trying to reclaim the throne was a true multimedia spectacle. A three-day festival of international music--featuring James Brown, Miriam Makeba, and many others--preceded the fight itself, which was viewed by a record-breaking one billion people worldwide. Lewis A. Erenberg's new book provides a global perspective on this singular match, not only detailing the titular fight but also locating it at the center of the cultural dramas of the day. TheRumble in the Jungle orbits around Ali and Foreman, placing them at the convergence of the American Civil Rights movement and the Great Society, the rise of Islamic and African liberation efforts, and the ongoing quest to cast off the shackles of colonialism. With his far-reaching take on sports, music, marketing, and mass communications, Erenberg shows how one boxing match became nothing less than a turning point in 1970s culture.
During the 1930s, swing bands combined jazz and popular music to
create large-scale dreams for the Depression generation, capturing
the imagination of America's young people, music critics, and the
music business. "Swingin' the Dream" explores that world, looking
at the racial mixing-up and musical swinging-out that shook the
nation and has kept people dancing ever since.
The 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, staged in the young nation of Zaire and dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle, was arguably the biggest sporting event of the twentieth century. The bout between an ascendant undefeated champ and an outspoken master trying to reclaim the throne was a true multimedia spectacle. A three-day festival of international music-featuring James Brown, Miriam Makeba, and many others-preceded the fight itself, which was viewed by a record-breaking one billion people worldwide. Lewis A. Erenberg's new book provides a global perspective on this singular match, not only detailing the titular fight but also locating it at the center of the cultural dramas of the day. TheRumble in the Jungle orbits around Ali and Foreman, placing them at the convergence of the American Civil Rights movement and the Great Society, the rise of Islamic and African liberation efforts, and the ongoing quest to cast off the shackles of colonialism. With his far-reaching take on sports, music, marketing, and mass communications, Erenberg shows how one boxing match became nothing less than a turning point in 1970s culture.
"The War in American Culture" explores the role of World War II in
the transformation of American social, cultural, and political
life.
Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe. For all its length-the fight lasted but two minutes-it remains one of the most memorable events in boxing history and, indeed, one of the most significant sporting events ever. In this superb account, Lewis A. Erenberg offers a vivid portrait of Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, their individual careers, and their two epic fights, shedding light on what these fighters represented to their nations, and why their second bout took on such international importance. Erenberg shows how in the first fight Schmeling shocked everyone with a dramatic twelfth-round knockout of Louis, becoming a German national hero and a (unwilling) symbol of Aryan superiority. In fact, the second fight was seen around the world in symbolic terms-as a match between Nazism and American democracy. Erenberg discusses how Louis' dramatic first-round victory was a devastating blow to Hitler, who turned on Schmeling and, during the war, had the boxer (then serving as a paratrooper) sent on a series of dangerous missions. Louis, meanwhile, went from being a hero of his race-"Our Joe"-to the first black champion embraced by all Americans, black and white, an important step forward in United States race relations. Erenberg also describes how, after the war, the two boxers became symbols of German-American reconciliation. With Schmeling as a Coca Cola executive, and Louis down on his luck, the former foes became friends, and when Louis died, Schmeling helped pay for his funeral. Here then is a stirring and insightful account of one of the great moments in boxing history, a confrontation that provided global theater on an epic scale.
|
You may like...
The Environmental Impact of Cities…
Fabricio Chicca, Brenda Vale, …
Paperback
R1,114
Discovery Miles 11 140
Ending Childhood Obesity - A Challenge…
Amandine Garde, Joshua Curtis, …
Hardcover
R3,880
Discovery Miles 38 800
Europe Beyond Mobility - Mobilities…
Vincent Kaufmann, Ander Audikana, …
Paperback
R1,153
Discovery Miles 11 530
Song For Sarah - Lessons From My Mother
Jonathan Jansen, Naomi Jansen
Hardcover
(3)
Informing Water Policies in South Asia
Anjal Prakash, Chanda Gurung Goodrich, …
Hardcover
R3,974
Discovery Miles 39 740
Understanding the EU as a Good Global…
Elaine Fahey, Isabella Mancini
Hardcover
R3,230
Discovery Miles 32 300
|